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PATTERN is the follow-up to the 2005 Phaidon success SAMPLE, presenting 100 of the most creative fashion designers who have recently emerged internationally. Selected by 10 of the most respected figures in the field - a mixture of leading designers, stylists, editors, educators, bloggers and writers - it is a must-see catwalk in a book.

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10 Curators Imran Amed (London/New York) is a fashion business writer, editor and entrepreneur, and is founder and editor of the website The Business of Fashion. Tavi Gevinson (Chicago) is an American fashion blogger who started her blog Style Rookie in 2008 at age 11. Gert Jonkers & Jop van Bennekom (Amsterdam) are the creators and editors of men's magazine Fantastic Man. Tim Lim (Shanghai) is a stylist and fashion editor and currently the Group Fashion Director at Modern Media. Preen (London) is the fashion label of designers Justin Thornton and Thea Bregazzi, which has garnered international acclaim for its structural sophistication and pared back opulence. Yasmin Sewell (London) is a fashion retail consultant, creative advisor for fashion brands and most recently the Chief Creative Consultant for Liberty of London. SHOWstudio (London) is a groundbreaking fashion and photography website that under the guidance of founder Nick Knight continues to redefine the representation of fashion online. Keegan Singh (New York) is a fashion stylist whose work regularly appears in publications including American Vogue, Love, Purple and Interview. Heather Sproat (London) is a senior lecturer in fashion at Central Saint Martins College of Art & Design. A.F. Vandevorst (Antwerp) is the fashion label of designers An Vandevorst and Filip Arickx, celebrated for its elegantly intellectual take on femininity and rich palette of influences.

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'A comprehensive labor of fashion love' Net a Porter.com '10 leading taste makers have picked the designers [...] defining the decade with innovative techniques and processes' Daily Telegraph magazine 'we'll be spending the next few months swooning over the pages of Pattern, the most current, comprehensive and, well, beautiful collections of fashion designers and their work we've seen for a long time. ...no humble fashion list, Pattern is an opus giving four pages each to the designers and cover never before seen photographs, drawings, sketchings and computer renderings If there's one thing on our must-have list this season this might just be it.' Top Shop blog, 'Inside Out' 'Which young designers will be the next global tastematers? New tome Pattern highlights 100 names currently shaping fashion.' Harpers Bazaar 'Phaidon has done it again...fashion lovers will devour this hefty four-hundred page book. This is a gorgeous book...exactly what you need on your coffee table.' Beso.com